December 2010
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They have also recorded four studio albums, and... →
Honestly one of the funniest sentences I’ve read today.
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Instant Coffee - November 7, 2007
[download link—the file is wayyyy too big for Tumblr to handle]
It’s a Christmas miracle. I thought all of these tapes were destroyed.
I found one episode, and it’s a doozy (not a good doozy).
This is an early installment of my college radio show Instant Coffee with co-host Jen Bokoff. That makes this a must-listen for fans of me, her, or We Live With You.
Some context.
I cut off...
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“Mila Kunis, girl honestly if you get google name search alerts and you see this,...”
– Molly Lambert on Black Swan on This Recording
Favorite Films of 2010, briefly annotated
The best:
(Tied, because I don’t like deciding.)
1. The Social Network
Pitch perfect. Really well crafted, if that makes sense. Jesse Eisenberg is awesome, too.
1. Black Swan
I actually gasped a bunch, and physically recoiled once. That doesn’t usually happen for me. Kitschy, maybe, and on the nose, definitely, but brilliant.
1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
I’ve never...
Favorite Songs, 2010, alphabetical by artist
I’m sure I forgot a lot. I bolded songs that I liked especially well.
Arcade Fire, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Round and Round
Beach House, Zebra
Beach House, Silver Soul
Beach House, Norway
Best Coast, Boyfriend
Big Boi, Shine Blockas
Cults, Go Outside
Das Racist, hahahaha jk?
Das Racist, Rainbow in the Dark
Dirty Projectors +...
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Favorite Albums, 2010, including personal memories...
Best of the best:
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
I remember downloading “Monster” the night it was released. Max and I were getting ready to go out. We listened to it like seven times and then just put Nicki’s verse on repeat a few times. Kanye brought back event listening in 2010. Runaway on the VMAs? Come on. This is the best album in years. Stunning.
LCD...
WatchMy Pummelvision. Got it this morning and forgot about it.
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Spans high school, two colleges, and some post-grad life.
Lots of concerts. Notable appearance: Janelle Monae’s first show in NY (cue “I was there…”)
Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Germany, Italy, lots of Switzerland.
You will see me at many varying weights and with many varying styles.
The most...
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Subway Stories 2, in which I get mad.
OK, so forgive me if I come off as angry or something because I just felt really mad in a way that I didn’t remember I could feel. Plus I’m not really going to edit it, so, you know. As-is.
I’m taking the B train home to Brooklyn from Manhattan and it’s unusually crowded. Usually there’s a surprising amount of space on that train at 7 or so but today it was crazy. An...
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Your yearly reminder to think twice before... →
On abortion:
The Salvation Army holds to the Christian ideals of chastity before marriage and fidelity within the marriage relationship and, consistent with these ideals, supports measures to prevent crisis pregnancies. It is opposed to abortion as a means of birth control, family planning, sex selection or for any reason of mere convenience to avoid the responsibility for conception....
Instant Coffee: blast from the past →
jenbokoff:
Steve and I used to do this 2 hour radio show on Wednesday mornings called Instant Coffee. The tapes have been destroyed, but my current review of old computer files produced these gems….outlines of two shows. I can’t tell you what half of it means, but that’s what makes it great. Enjoy, and…
This is indeed a blast from the past.
Think my parents’ computer @ home has...
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Subway Stories
So I’m on a Manhattan-bound B train (insanely crowded) this morning and there were a couple of arguments between strangers as we crossed over the bridge. I had headphones in, no duh, so I didn’t really hear what they were saying, but this one guy who was hilariously tall kept hitting people with his backpack and they started to complain and gesture a bunch. It felt awkward.
Fighting?...
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The Year in Me
Top 4 jobs/gigs 4. Teller @ Chase Manhattan Bank 3. Freelance blogger @ Dowser.org 2. Freelance blogger @ Slate/The Big Money 1. Community Manager @ GroupMe
Top 6 places I slept 6. 60 Harrison Pl., Brooklyn 5. 99 Grattan St., Brooklyn 4. 12 Arch St., Shrewsbury, MA 3. 107 St. Marks Pl., New York 2. 452 Park Pl., Brooklyn 1. A hostel in Asheville, NC
Top 4 seasons 4. Summer 3. Fall 2. Winter...
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I should probably thank those creepy ads for... →
In Which We Get Wired Into The After Dark Side of The Internet:
Girl, I Just Work For You by Molly Lambert on This Recording
yeah, it’s good. read it.
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Nicole Polizzi : Im Just Sayen: First blog!! →
snookinicolepolizzi:
Hiiii everyone! I’ve been waiting so long to put a blog and finally got it up! First off I want to say Thank you sososo much to all the snooki supporters out there! I have the best fans Ever and I love you guys to death! Thank you for making Jersey Shore such a success and standing by me always!…
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and so it begins...
zooeydeschanel:
I know everyone is, like, so excited for this, because of the john cage-esque experiment that is my twitter; I know I am!! thanks for following, there will be more to come.
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this is the tumblr-est thing to hit tumblr since tumblr began.
“I remember insinuating my starstruck twentysomething self into the inner circle...”
– The one and only Mark Dery on Throbbing Gristle & “The 80s”
Radiolab is more than just a post-ironic,... →
Dead on. Best audio program there is.